As part of our course’s unofficial beginning, we’re co-hosting poet Debrah Morkun for an evening of reading & discussion on poetry, politics, pedagogy…. Please try to attend.
PRESS EVENT: Debrah Morkun
On behalf of Wheelhouse Magazine & Press, The Evergreen State College & its affiliated programs, I’m pleased to announce that our PRESS: Text Arts & Radical Politics Series kicks off with a visit and reading by poet, curator, and professor of writing, Debrah Morkun. Debrah’s visit will be followed soon after by Rachel Zolf (October). More on Zolf’s visit to come.
WHEN: Sept 27, 7pm
WHERE: Olympia, WA TBA
Debrah Morkun’s first book of poem(s), Projection Machine, was released by BlazeVox Books in April 2010. She is a founding member of The New Philadelphia Poets, a group committed to keeping poetry alive in Philadelphia. She is currently at work on two long poem pieces entitled The Ida Pingala and Hera Calf. View some of her work at http://www.debrahmorkun.com/, and keep up to date with many of her happenings at www.newphiladelphiapoets.com
For more on Debrah Morkun’s work, here’s one of her recent, fascinating poems. Enjoy. And see you there.